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April 20, 2022 - For the third topic, the peripartum period is operationally defined as the time
interval prior to, during … individuals (with or without a prior HDP diagnosis)
Modifiers/Subgroups of interest
● Subgroups defined … by study authors)
o de novo HTN postpartum
● Subgroups defined by BP diagnostic threshold(s)
● Race … vaginal delivery, preterm versus term)
● Co-occurring disorders (e.g., obesity, diabetes)
● Subgroups defined … by study authors)
o de novo HTN postpartum
● Subgroups defined by BP thresholds/categories
● Race
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October 01, 2007 - The IV was defined as the type of the
APM prescription written by each physician before the index pre … APM initiators were defined
as having used no APM in the year before the index use. … We defined a low dose as any dose in the bottom
quintile of the observed dose range. … Coprescription of
a long-acting benzodiazepine was defined as the filling of a
prescription within 3 … Measurement of Physician APM Preference
Our IV, a physician’s previous APM prescription, was
defined
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January 01, 2024 - …Three treatment groups were defined based on risk of seminal vesicle involvement: group 1 had a risk … Mandatory dose constraints were defined for target coverage and avoidance of normal tissues including … Mandatory dose constraints were defined for target coverage and avoidance of normal tissues including … The planning target volume (PTV) was defined as the CTV plus a 7- to 10-mm margin. … The planning target volume (PTV) was defined as the CTV plus a 7- to 10-mm margin.
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May 29, 2025 - )
Deliberators chosen by socially rooted groups can add value to deliberative
procedures
o Defined
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November 03, 2021 - need to
specify what we meant by acute vs. postacute rehabilitation and the rationale for how we
defined … We have provided the rationale and defined the terms the first time they
appear in each section of
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January 01, 2011 - Definition and Incidence of Foot Ulcer
Beneficiaries with diabetes, as defined above, were
considered … Definition and Incidence of Lower Extremity
Amputation
Beneficiaries with diabetes, as defined above … , for any
given year were defined as having an incident LEA if
they had any of a group of specific … above, were defined as having
macrovascular complications if they had a primary
or secondary (i.e. … Beneficiaries were defined
as having microvascular complications if they had a
primary or secondary
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May 29, 2025 - )
• Deliberators chosen by socially rooted
groups can add value to deliberative
procedures
– Defined
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March 01, 2021 - For each outcome, the following have been defined:
• An object representing the outcome condition itself … o VSAC does not at this time provide intensionally-defined value sets. … A-3
Events of Interest Adverse events associated
with surgical and non-
surgical treatment
Defined … new operation
A-4
OMF
CATEGORY
OUTCOME
MEASURE DEFINITION
Post-treatment adverse events, defined … Events of Interest Adverse events associated
with medications
Medication-related adverse events, defined
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March 01, 2021 - For each outcome, the following have been defined:
• An object representing the outcome condition itself … o VSAC does not at this time provide intensionally-defined value sets. … A-3
Events of Interest Adverse events associated
with surgical and non-
surgical treatment
Defined … new operation
A-4
OMF
CATEGORY
OUTCOME
MEASURE DEFINITION
Post-treatment adverse events, defined … Events of Interest Adverse events associated
with medications
Medication-related adverse events, defined
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February 07, 2018 - following PICOTS criteria apply:
Population(s):
The population of interest is “older adults”, defined … concurrent prescription medications8
• Concurrent use of one other medication with CNS activity, defined … as a 50% or more improvement on either the HAM-
D or MADRS scales
• Remission: commonly defined as … • Relapse: as defined per the individual study. … • Quality of life: as defined per the individual study
• Changes in functional status: as defined
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November 16, 2010 - Does a screening-based program for open-angle glaucoma lead to less visual impairment (as
defined in … How does visual impairment (as defined in the ICD-9-CM8) vary when comparing different
screening-based … We will also consider other measurements of visual
impairment as defined by included studies. … The proportion of participants with progressive optic nerve damage as defined by included
studies and … The proportion of participants with progression of visual field loss as defined by included
studies
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer-226-labor-dystocia-comments.pdf
May 14, 2020 - TEP Reviewer #2 The report addresses a clinically meaningful topic and the key
questions are well defined … To be included in our review,
studies needed to meet our
inclusion/exclusion criteria
as defined in … SOE is well
defined and appropriately assigned.
Thank you. … Results Peer Reviewer #3 How is “early amniotomy” defined? … We did not identify any
studies that defined
abnormal labor based on
outcomes—as noted in KQ1
and
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April 01, 2013 - The sustained virologic response
(SVR) rate, typically defined as a decline in HCV RNA to undetectable … as plasma HCV RNV undetectable at 24 weeks
after treatment completion
SVR, defined as plasma HCV … RNA undetectable at 12 weeks
after treatment completion
Early treatment success, defined as plasma … < 10 g/dL, neutropenia as defined by
absolute neutrophil count < 750 mm3, thrombocytopenia as
defined … or pain)
Number of incidence for musculoskeletal symptoms (as defined
by arthralgia or myalgia or
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January 01, 2011 - ; (3) Diseases of the mus-
culoskeletal system and connective tissue; (4) Symptoms, signs, and
ill-defined … 2006 200920082007
Circulatory diseases
Neoplasms
Musculoskeletal diseases
Symptoms, signs, & ill-defined … conditions of fetus
and newborn (770)
4,070 5,750 0.5
780-799
Symptoms, signs, and
ill-defined … ) Injury and
poisoning; (4) Diseases of the respiratory
system; and (5) Symptoms, signs, and ill-
defined … period
respiratory distress syndrome (769) 231 460 2.1
780-799
Symptoms, signs,
and ill-defined
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November 15, 2018 - For each outcome, the following have been defined:
• An object representing the outcome condition itself … o VSAC does not currently provide intentionally defined value sets. … VARC Statement (2)
Clinical
Response
AF/AFL/AT
Recurrence
Recurrent AF/AFL/AT is defined as AF … Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) related MI is arbitrarily defined by elevation
of cTn values … Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) related MI is arbitrarily defined by elevation of
cardiac biomarker
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January 01, 2011 - Internal validity is defined as the absence of bias;
biases may be broadly classified as selection … The basic epidemiologic study designs are
usually defined by whether study participants are
sampled … Incidence is often defined as first occurrence
of the outcome of interest, a definition that
requires … Cohort Study Design
Description
Cohorts are defined by their exposure at a certain
point in time … Cohort
entry (baseline) is ideally defined by a meaningful
event (e.g., initiation of treatment; see
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May 29, 2025 - Which of the following terms is correctly defined? … Which of the following terms is correctly defined?
Incorrect.
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May 29, 2025 - Which of the following terms is correctly defined? … Which of the following terms is correctly defined?
Incorrect.
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June 01, 2022 - Investigators developed pre-established eligibility criteria defined by populations,
interventions, … For this
review, family planning services were defined based on Title X guidelines2 and include
preconception … *Outcomes reported separately; the same study may report different outcomes
†Family Planning was defined
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November 06, 2012 - We defined the evidence from individual high
risk of bias study as insufficient. … Peer Reviewer #4 Introduction Again, meaningful and well defined. Thank you. … We defined as insufficient the
evidence from individual RCTs with high risk of
bias. … That is, it is defined by the deliverer rather than the
specific modality. … The authors appear to have defined physical therapy
as various modalities.